Coming under the astrological influence of Cancer and
Capricorn, these have little save as passing fancies
of interest; yet under Venus WITH same, those inductive
influences of various forms of music, chants, odors, and
such, weave for the entity a mysterious force as is oft felt
as would like to indulge IN without knowing its full meaning;
for, as the entity will - and does - experience, to the
entity - and to all, as a warning - mysticism oft, under such
influence, bespeaks carnal sensuousness, but UNDER the same
influence - in an occult establishment of VISION - becomes
stabilizing in its effect upon the abilities, to make
CONSCIOUS images of an unseen force. Well that this
differentiation be studied and considered well, ESPECIALLY
by THIS entity, would the entity become STABILIZED in the
developments for self as respecting the mysteries of life and
the influences occidental and oriental life has upon same.
In the same influence is seen that felt exercised in the
entity's experience in Neptune and Venus, in how that the
MYSTERIES of the deep (such as indulged in, in the visions
as are brought up, or to the entity, either in the
characterization of the literature the entity seeks or
the visions as are had by entity) bespeak of creative forces
to the entity, but are often turned into the mysteries of
formality, or formalism. Do not misjudge or misinterpret
these experiences or influences in the entity's experience.
In those conditions as make for the studies of the entity,
the seeking - as innate forces - for the influences held
by those who concentrate in the silence and in the mental
imaginative forces - these, guided by a stabilized IDEAL,
may be made most helpful; these - run rampant, without
consideration as to whether same becomes riotous in activity;
not clothed, to be sure, in any form of censure, but as
to whether same becomes a continuity of influences as of
helpfulness or riotousness - without respect of persons,
places or things - is different.
In the influences as seen that the entity holds upon
individuals and associations as related to environments
and hereditary influences, these are as hedged BY the
entity's experience - as will be seen through those
influences acted upon by the will of the entity in the
various experiences. This also makes for that tendency
of becoming ofttimes the recluse - that is, in self's
actions and activities - when more of a general and mediocre
condition would be the most ENLIGHTENING and helpful. At
other times it is found that the entity is too quick spoken,
too outspoken in the expression as to try OUT others, when
proper consideration of THEIR place, time and condition is
not given by the entity, in relationship to the individual's
development as to environment or hereditary influence.
Hereditary influence and environment here mean rather
as of that INNATELY builded, than physically manifested.
In the influences of likes and dislikes in the entity, here
we find these become very decided all of a sudden and as much
of a sudden they change. This is a characterization of those
whose influences are under Neptune or Cancer, with the days
in that period, in that sphere in which the entity finds
expression, or entering in, coming in, near the dog days.
Then, as to animals and their relationships - these are
held too close to as of one. All FORCE and all POWER is
of one source, as is life - but the ASSOCIATIONS of each
are individual, and should be classified so BY the entity
in its STUDY of the relationships of animal, matter,
celestial matter, material matter. In SPIRIT one, but
all flesh is not of one flesh - as some are given a cosmic
influence only and others the ability to become one with
the creative energy itself, in its CLEANSING of itself to
be one in its relationships.
In the influences seen in those of the arts, these - when
they take on the mysterious forces - are of interest; so,
then, the futuristic views become interesting and mean much
to the entity, when to others little is seen. This may
be made extreme or worthwhile in the entity's experience.
In the appearances and the influences these have upon the
entity in its present experience:
In the one before this we find in that land now known as
the Old Colony, or Massachusetts, during those periods of
persecutions of those who had familiar spirits, or those who
saw, heard and understood much as is closed from carnal-
minded men. The entity was among those who were considered
as favored, or as too easy with those of the opposite sex as
had such experience, and SUFFERED - both in body and mind -
during the experience, in the name Iilel. In the present
such experiences are as to cause (when persecutions of same)
particularly shudders in the region of the pineal and its
center, as of shivers, quivers, or quakes, and sorrow enters
in the mental being. In the use of same in the present
experience, these applied in the direction of an ideal -
and a basis for same - may become worth while.
In the one before this we find in that period when there were
the divisions during those periods of the Crusades in the
first experience. The entity then was among those leaders
against the peoples about the holy place. Not wholly
fanatical, the entity - yet the visions as detailed to the
entity, and the physical activities of entity during the
period were not compatible. In the experiences of the
present day, while much of tolerance has become innate -
yet those deeper grudges, those deeper influences as to rule
or ruin, have not been removed from the entity's real
makeup. During the first of the Crusades did the entity seek
to find those places about which the MASTER walked. In the
name Eliud. The entity was, in the period, of the Teutone
(as known now) descent, or of the Ahrn.
In the one before this we find in that period known as the
division in the land now known as Egypt. The entity then
was of those peoples of the natives who were dispossessed
by the lands of the north country and the peoples as came
in to establish a differentiation in the teaching and
applications of man's influence and man's inter-relation.
The entity was then among the native zealots who rose in
rebellion against these influences. When the priest was
in exile the entity rebelled with those who in the south
country rose to establish a different rule, and columns yet
may be seen along the river of life, or Nile, as were in
defense by the entity BUILDED at that period, yet under
water most of the period at present. In this experience
the entity lost and gained, lost and gained - for the entity
in and through that of the manhood age was a continual
combative force with the attempts of the people in the north,
as to whether there would be the establishment, even after
the return of the exile and when peace and quietude was over
most of the land - the entity, in the name Eo-Litken, raised
the arm of might physically against the emissaries, against
those who would give an understanding to the peoples, and
DESTRUCTIVE forces came in the entity's experience; yet
MENTALLY well developed.
In the one before this we find in the land known as (now) the
Mongoloid, or in the Gobi land - as called. The entity was
among the peoples who established THERE their first contact,
in a MATERIAL sense, with the outside world. The entity was
one of power - physical, corporal - and of cunning in the
mental field, overbalancing self during the period, yet much
was accomplished by the entity in a SERVICE for many during
that sojourn. Hence travel, and especially FINDINGS, in this
particular region, hold an innate feeling - and the entity
searches to find what has been discovered.
In the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to
which it may attain - and how:
Finding self first, MUCH may be accomplished - both mentally
and materially. About waters, oft among people - many of
same, but first discovering self, that relationship to the
universal forces and how they may manifest in self and be
USABLE in a material plane - then WRITE about same!
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